I have both my HEB's at breakfast otherwise I end up not using them - the reason I do red/green is because I can't eat the quantities of fruit and veg to do EE as it irritates my stomach and makes me ill.
MFP definitely states that I should be on 1200 cals per day - any more than this and it goes into a minus figure so it's not saying that 1200 is the minimum I need - when I press save it tells me that if everyday was like today then in 5 weeks I would weigh 144lbs which is more than I weigh now!!
My pasta is WM and I only had 60g of it so if I reduced it by a third there'd be no point in having it at all!
First of all, 6.5lbs in 8 weks is not low, especially judging from your height and weight. Between 1 and 2 lb a week is what you should aim for and that's roughly what youve got. And looking at your stats you're not very overweight. I appreciate you want to lose some as thats why your ehere, but you dont need to lose stones and stones. At 5' 4" and 10.5 stone, 6.5lb in 8 weeks is a very good weight loss for someone with very little to lose and I don't think you should be wanting it to go any faster.
Secondly, you've said you don't think you're overeating and that your C thinks you're not eating enough. Go with what your C says. You asked for a little bit of advice and people have given you their opinions, its up to you whether you want to take it on board, or not. I appreciate you don't know any of us from Adam so have no reason to believe what we suggest, so all I can I suggest is listening to what you C says as s/he is the expert.
Finally about the MFP site - I think you've got a bit confused how it works. Its giving you a minus number because you've got it set to have your goal as 1200 calories a day, so every time you eat even one calorie more than that it will calculate that as going beyond the 1200 calories ie a negative number. That does NOT mean 1200 is the amount you SHOULD be eating - the amount of calories a day you set is up to you and depends what you tell it in your profile (your height/weight, amount of exercise you do, how much you want to lose per week). Ive just typed your height/weight in and told it I want to lose 1 lb a week and it says that sort of person should be eating:
Nutritional goals Target
Net Calories Consumed* / Day
1,570 Calories / Day
Carbs / Day 216 g
Fat / Day 52 g
Protein / Day 59 g
If you go into your Profile you can tell it how much you're aiming to lose a week and it will set numbers for you. (The 'Recommended' is 1 lb a week btw, so youre pretty much bang on schedule).
But it will never tell you to eat any less than 1200 calories a day, no matter what numbers you type in for exercise, desired weight loss etc, as that is the MINIMUM amount any healthy adult should be eating.
To see this, when you click "Complete This Entry" read the small print next to the asterisk under the "If every day were like today..." bit. If you are less than 1200 calories it will tell you what I posted above, every time. Here you go:
Like I said that DOESN'T mean you SHOULD be eating 1200 calories a day. Its just showing you a negative number as
you happen to have set your target at 1200 calories a day yourself by the data you have put in, which might not necessarily be realistic.
Good luck, hope it goes well, x
